ABSTRACT
The education of Kampo medicine is performed in a very small portion of the field of nursing education. The questionnaire survey which related to Kampo medicine was carried out for the female nursing student who received the training of motherly nursing. As a result, 86% of the students did not know about the fellow of the Japan Society for Oriental Medicine. However, 70% of the students thought that a lecture of Kampo medicine was necessary for nursing student, and 78% of them thought that Kampo medicine was necessary for medical treatment. Furthermore, after reading a collection of slides about Kampo medicine, the number of student who thought that a lecture of Kampo medicine was necessary for nursing students and that Kampo medicine was necessary for medical treatments, was increased.